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Snyder raised more than $276,000 since January in Lt. Gov. race
Pete Snyder, who is seeking the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, released his fund raising numbers for the first quarter of 2013 Monday showing he raised more than $276,000. Monday was the deadline for candidates to submit their campaign...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Elections, Regional Authority, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Culture clash: New history of Chicago taps into our malaise
Thomas Dyja looked at me with abject horror, then humor, then, as his face crumbled in defeat, resignation. A face that said, "See? This is why I wrote a 412-page cultural history of Chicago at midcentury that — as much as it pulls together...
Tags: David Letterman, Lake Forest College, Kanye West, Nelson Algren, Fine Artists
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Thatcher opponents push 'The Witch' up the charts
This post has been corrected. See note below.LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corp. faced a dilemma Friday: Would it play "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" when everyone knows the song has become a biting reference to the late Margaret Thatcher? The network's solution: turn the song into a sound...Tags: Music, Censorship, BBC, Elizabeth II, Radio
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Dutch get a new monarch: Willem-Alexander succeeds Beatrix
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.LONDON -- With an exchange of smiles and the flourish of a pen, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated the throne and her son Willem-Alexander took her place Tuesday to become the country’s first king in more than a century. In a simple...Tags: Amsterdam (Netherlands), Japan, Charles, Prince of Wales, Heads of State, Government
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Queen Elizabeth: Should she stay or should she go?
So here’s the real question about the Tuesday ceremony in Amsterdam in which Queen Beatrix abdicated and passed the robe (they don’t wear crowns) to her son, Willem-Alexander, who just turned 46: Did Britain's Prince Charles, who was in...
Tags: Amsterdam (Netherlands), Charles, Prince of Wales, Elizabeth II, Heads of State, Summer Olympics
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Six men plead guilty in Britain to planning terror attack
LONDON -- Six men pleaded guilty Tuesday to planning a terrorist attack that failed only because the far-right rally they were targeting in central England ended before they arrived. Police discovered the plot after searching the men’s car...
Tags: Islam, England, Court Preliminary, Crime, Law and Justice, Defendants
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Harry Potter and the royals' studio visit
Two of America's favorite British things -- the royals and Harry Potter -- converged over the weekend. Nothing like that wee bit of magic to knock us off our broomsticks! Prince William, his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, (the former Kate...Tags: Charles, Prince of Wales, Christian Bale, GQ, BBC, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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Former Del. Gear wants to vet statewide GOP candidates
Former state Del. Tom Gear, R-Hampton, announced Monday he plans to vet GOP candidates for statewide office ahead of the party's statewide nominating convention May 18. In an email letter Gear, who after leaving office in 2010 wrote briefly for the...Tags: Political Candidates, Softball, Newspaper and Magazine, Elections, Parties and Movements
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Prince Harry Coming To Connecticut
The Hartford CourantMark your calendars. There is some royal stargazing on the Connecticut horizon. Britain’s Prince Harry is expected to participate in the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup at the Greenwich Polo Cup on May 15. The Greenwich stop is the last on the...Tags: Harry of Wales, Polo, Sports
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The Week Ahead: A king at last, Obama to Mexico, Malaysia divided
A man takes charge in the House of Orange-Nassau Tuesday, April 30 -– Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands becomes king, the first male head of state in 123 years. The 46-year-old heir to the throne will inherit the crown, scepter and...
Tags: Felipe Calderon, Barack Obama, Elections, Malaysia, Sports
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Royal hoax caller to testify at inquest into UK nurse's death
ReutersBy Shadia Nasralla LONDON, April 29 (Reuters) - An Australian radio presenter will give evidence at an inquest into the death of a nurse who hanged herself after putting through a hoax call seeking information on Prince William's pregnant wife Kate,...Tags: Suicide, Charles, Prince of Wales, Australia, Crime, Law and Justice, Morning Sickness
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The starkly new face of the Netherlands' monarchy
AMSTERDAM — Even by the unconventional standards of the Dutch, their new king is going to be a bit of a novelty. He has a license to fly commercial airliners. He's married to a South American, a lively Argentine who's more popular than he is. He...
Tags: Charles, Prince of Wales, Elections, Argentina, Netherlands, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
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